Reading List

As those parents who have been with us for the last few years know, we place a great deal of importance on reading for pleasure at Beccles. Through sharing our own reading experiences as staff, promoting the value of reading and using displays and events to expose our students to read a range of reading we continue to promote reading as a pastime.

National and global research has proven that there is a positive correlation between a student’s vocabulary range at age 16 and the likelihood that she will succeed at school and indeed even future level of income. Robert Kiyosaki, author of the popular book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, wrote, “If you want to be rich, you have to have a rich man’s vocabulary. Words can make you rich, or can make you poor.” Given this research, and moreover, because it is a very pleasurable activity, we want to encourage vocabulary growth in our students. This growth occurs slowly, is largely unconscious, but can be significantly improved by regular reading for pleasure.

Reading also develops a wider awareness of the world, an understanding of our own and others’ emotions and reading of fiction in particular, develops creativity and imagination. All I am sure you will agree all are valuable skills.

We hope that you will be able to lose yourself in a book not only during the summer but throughout the year and that our recommendations inspire you to turn the pages (or perhaps flick the kindle!)

Reading List

"Pupils’ pride in their work is evident and they respond articulately to teachers’ probing questions, using technical
vocabulary accurately. Teachers’ in-depth knowledge of the pupils they teach enables them to plan activities and organise groupings carefully, by using a wide range of approaches to meet pupils’ needs well."
Ofsted, 2018